Medical Terminology Quizs

ankyl/o

• crooked, stiff, bent

• flexible, loose, straight

• smooth, soft, pliable

• straight, unbending, rigid

oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o

• Muscle

• Cartilage

• Tendon

• Bone

arthr/o

• Joint

• Muscle

• Bone

• Tendon

synovi/o, synov/o

• Synovial membrane, synovial fluid

• Cartilage and bone

• Muscle and tendon

• Blood and lymph

burs/o

• Bursa (sac of fluid near a joint)

• Bone (hard tissue that forms the skeleton)

• Cartilage (flexible connective tissue)

• Tendon (connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone)

lumb/o

• lumbar, lower back, loin

• thoracic, upper back

• cervical, neck

• sacral, pelvic area

crani/o

• Brain

• Skull

• Face

• Neck

kyph/o

• bent, hump

• straight, flat

• curved, twisted

• flexible, movable

lord/o

• Curve, swayback

• Straight, upright

• Flat, level

• Twisted, bent

chondr/i, chondr/o

• Bone

• Muscle

• Cartilage

• Tendon